Notes From Meeting Of Statewide WIG Grantees

Notes From Meeting of Statewide WIG Grantees May 30, 2002

Twelve state projects met to share information about the scope of project activities and indicated an interest in developing a system for ongoing communication to discuss policy developments and systems change activities. The Law, Health Policy, and Disability Center at the University of Iowa as the TA provider will set up a system of communication by July 1st for statewide WIG projects. The states that participated in the meeting are as follows:

1. Minnesota - New WIG Grantee 2. Alaska - First Round WIG Grantee 3. New York - New WIG Grantee 4. Illinois - First Round WIG Grantee and New WIG Grantee 5. Washington State - New WIG Grantee 6. West Virginia - New WIG Grantee 7. Colorado - New WIG Grantee 8. Iowa - First Round WIG Grantee 9. Oregon - First Round WIG Grantee 10. Louisiana - First Round WIG Grantee 11. California - New WIG Grantee 12. Montana - First Round WIG Grantee

All twelve projects indicated that their primary activities will be training and technical assistance activities to build capacity and accelerate systems change. Each project shared the number of Workforce Investment Areas and One-Stop Centers in their state. The numbers varied from a low of 2 Workforce Investment Areas in Montana to a high of 50 in California and a low of 7 One-Stops in Montana to a high of over 200 One-Stops in California.

Among the unique project activities mentioned were the creation of consumer navigators in One-Stops in Colorado, the funding of best practice minigrants at a local level in Oregon, the creation of a video and web based training in Minnesota, the creation of Universal Access Committees at a local level in Louisiana, and a distance learning and certification program for work accommodation specialists in California.

Attached to these minutes is a list of state WIG contacts. Please let Laura Farah at [email protected] know if there are any corrections or additions to this list to begin to facilitate communication. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR STATE WIGs

Name of Grantee: State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Contact Name: Michelle Morehouse Title: Project Coordinator Address: 1016 West 6th Avenue, Suite #205 Anchorage, AK 99501-1963 Phone Number: 907-269-3557 Fax Number: 907-269-3632 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: California Department of Rehabilitation Contact Name: Lana Fraser Address: 2000 Evergreen Street Sacramento, CA. 95815 Phone Number: (916) 263-8744 Fax Number: (916) 263-7455 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: Colorado Workforce Development Council Contact Name: Booker Graves Address: 1313 Sherman Street, Room 323 Denver, CO 80203 Phone Number: (303) 866-4937 Fax Number: (303) 866-2251 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: Illinois Department of Human Services Office of Rehabilitation Services Contact Name: Bruce Moore Title: Program Administrator Address: DHS/ORS 100 W. Randolph 8-100 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone Number: (312) 814-5081 Fax Number: (312) 814-5849 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: IL Office of the Governor Contact Name: Joe Kim Address: 202 State House Springfield, IL 62706 Phone Number: (217) 557-7524 Fax Number: (217) 557-1733 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: Iowa Workforce Development Contact Name: Douglas Keast Title: Iowa Workforce Development Address: 150 Des Moines Street Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Phone Number: (515) 281-9045 Fax Number: (515) 281-9096 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: Louisiana Governor's Office of Disability Affairs Contact Name: Laura Brackin Title: Executive Director Address: 364 North 4th Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Phone Number: (225) 219-7550 Fax Number: (225) 219-7551 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: Michigan Works! Association Contact Name: Linda Kinney Title: Executive Director Address: 2500 Kerry Street, Suite 210 Lansing, MI 48912 Phone Number: (517) 371-1100 Fax Number: (517) 371-1140 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: Minnesota Department of Economic Security Contact Name: Mary Ellen Novotny Address: 390 Robert Street North St. Paul, MN 55101 Phone Number: (651) 296-3505 Fax Number: (651) 282.6927 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: Montana Job Training Partnership, Inc. Contact Name: Barbara Kriskovich Title: Program Specialist Address: 302 North Last Chance Gulch, Suite 409 Helena, Montana 59601 Phone Number: (406) 444-1330 Fax Number: (406) 4441316 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. Contact Name: Suzanne Di Scenza Address: 44 Holland Avenue Albany, NY 12229 Phone Number: (518) 486-1121 Fax Number: (518) 474-6995 E-mail Address: [email protected] Name of Grantee: NH Workforce Opportunity Council, Inc. Contact Name: Doris Langella Title: Program Manager for the Work Incentive Grant (DOL) Address: 64 Old Suncook Road Concord, NH 03301 Phone Number: (603) 229-3388 Fax Number: (603) 228-8557 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: New Mexico Division of Vocational Rehabilitation-NMONE Project Contact Name: Bill Newroe Title: Program Director Address: 435 St. Michaels Dr. Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone Number: 505-954-8561 Fax Number: 505-954-8562 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: Oregon Department of Human Services Contact Name: Gary L. Dominick Title: Project Manager Address: Disability Employment Policy Unit Seniors and People with Disabilities, DHS 500 Summer Street, NE, E10 Salem, Oregon 97310 Phone Number: (503) 947-5141 Fax Number: (503) 373-7902 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: Rhode Island Human Resource Investment Council Contact Names: Diane Cook Kathleen Partington Title: Systems and Policy Specialist Chief Address: Department of Human Services Department of Labor & Trng 600 New London Ave 1511 Pontiac Avenue Cranston, RI 02920 Cranston, RI 02920

Phone Number: (401) 462-6842 (401) 462-8799 Fax Number: (401) 462-1846 (401) 462-8798 E-mail Address: [email protected] [email protected]

Name of Grantee: State of Vermont Contact Name: Jim Dorsey Title: Project Administrator, Work Incentive (Disability) Grant Address: 59-63 Pearl Street, PO Box 310 Burlington, VT 05402-0310 Phone Number: (802) 951-4091/92 Fax Number: (802) 863-7655 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: Workforce Development Executives of Washington Contact Name: Andrew McGough Address: 50 Northeast Fargo Portland, OR 97212 Phone Number: (503) 789-4160 Fax Number: (503) 282-9976 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Name of Grantee: West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services Contact Name: Nancy Daugherty Address: PO BOX 50890 Charleston, WV 25305-0890 Phone Number: (304) 766-4612 Fax Number: (304) 766-4690 E-mail Address: [email protected]